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The warrior Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu at the battle of Anegawa
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Details
- Series
- Tales of Heroes of the Chronicles of the Great Peace
- Associated place
- Date
- 1847 - 1850
- Artist/maker
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861) (designer)Ryūkatei Tanekazu (1804 - 1858) (author)
- Associated people
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Yamamotoya Heikichi (active early 19th century - 1886) (publisher)Sakai Kyūzō Narishige (c. 1555 - 1570) (subject)Murata Heiemon (active 1843 - 1853) (censor)Mera Ta’ichirō (active c. 1848 - 1853) (censor)
- Material and technique
- woodblock
- Dimensions
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mount 55.4 x 40.3 cm (height x width)
sheet 36.2 x 25 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by George Grigs, Miss Elizabeth Grigs, and Miss Susan Messer, in memory of Derick Grigs, 1971.
- Accession no.
- EA1971.59
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, and Mitsuko Watanabe, Kuniyoshi's Heroes of China and Japan: A Selection of Warriors from Two Series of Prints and a Painting by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 - 1861), the Suikoden of 1827 and the Taiheki of 1848-9 (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2003), no. 15 on pp. 11-12, p. 7, illus. p. 27 pl. 15
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 21 March-7 June 2009, and New York: Japan Society, 12 March-13 June 2012, Kuniyoshi: From the Arthur R. Miller Collection, Timothy Clark. ed. (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2009), no. 40, p. 107, illus. p. 107
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Kuniyoshi’s Heroes of China and Japan
Sakai Kyūzō, 1555-1570, (here Sasai Kyūzō Masayasu) was Masanao's oldest son (see No.14) [EA1971.60]. When he was thirteen years old, he had taken part in his first battle, killing Tatebe Genhachirō, one of the powerful soldiers of the time. Kyūzō subsequently became one of the Nobunaga's favourite pages. In 1570, Kyūzō at the age of 15, went with his father Masanao to the battle of Anegawa, fought between Oda Nobunaga and Asai Nagamasa. Although Masanao withdrew from the battle, being unable to protect his camp against Asai's attack, Kyūzō fought desperately without retreating. Eventually, he was killed by gunfire as he tried to break into the camp of Nagamasa.
This print shows 'Masayasu', enveloped in smoke, mowed down by a volley of musket-fire at the battle of Anegawa.
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